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Prepare yourself for grand adventure as William Dietrich deftly blends the fruits of a fertile imagination and well-researched historical facts into a tale so well-crafted that characters and images seem to jump from the page in wide-screen 3-D. I was only 12 pages into Blood of the Reich when I became apprehensive that this hypnotic thriller would eventually come to an end.

From the golden, autumnal splendor of present day Washington State's Skagit River Valley to the vivid color of prayer flags waving in contrast to the stark remoteness of Tibet, you'll be there, deeply involved, wanting more. Blood, a major player in this complex mystery, will be as red as the trees of the Pacific Northwest are green.

Then find yourself in 1938 when a Nazi expedition journeys to the high Himalayas to determine if there is any truth to a myth that hints of an ancient city located there that cradles a source of immense power--power which could accelerate their plan of world domination. Close on their heels are the Americans, bent on decoding the satanic plan. Both parties are armed and dangerous. However, the Nazis have the advantage: a very old vial of blood.

In a saga that spans a turbulent seventy years of action, romance and intrigue, the historian-author maintains a high level of entertainment and page turning. Dietrich's narrative is as informative and amusing as it is boldly exciting. Be prepared to fully surrender your sense of reality to a high velocity ride that crashes head-on with a sensational blood splattered finale.

Blood of the Reich deftly blurs the line between science and the paranormal as it exposes the veins of a twisted relationship between the human race and our own, often terrifying, technologies. With his memorable characters, dichotomy of modern technology and ancient Buddhist Tibetan temples, along with non-stop action, and thrilling plot, Dietrich delivers.


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Blood of the Reich A Novel William Dietrich Books Reviews

I picked up this book when I saw it in the rack at an airport bookstore. A Nazi intrigue and action adventure story. Oh goody.

Blood of the Reich plays partly during the Hitler years, starting in 1938 through 1945, and partly in the present time, 2010 plus - since there are iPhones, s and other modern devices mentioned. The two story-lines are told mostly in alternating chapters, one in 1938, the other in the present time, switching back and forth. The plot comes together in the last third of the book, where I was suddenly able to connect the dots.

The protagonist is Rominy, a ditsy software publicist who works in a cubicle somewhere in Seattle, until she is essentially kidnapped and taken on a wild ride, from Washington state backwoods, to Tibet and to Germany. The villain is a Nazi officer in 1938, sent on a mission to Tibet by Himmler, who wants to get a hold of powerful technology. All the bad guys are Germans, in 1938 as well as in 2010. All the good guys are Americans. All the good and bad guys want to sleep with all the girls, whether the girls are a Tibetan nun they are all after, or an American female pilot in China, or - Rominy. The Nazi doctrine is regurgitated by the villain over and over again. And the entire story is contrived to a degree that it's hard to read. Rominy is not a credible heroine. She is ignorant of much of what is going on around her, but somehow she thinks she can take on a whole gang of neo-Nazi thugs. It just does not make much sense.

I was tempted to skip over boring scenes, but somehow the plot and its intricacies kept me reading and turning the pages. The ending was abrupt and not quite believable. I don't regret reading this book, but I would not recommend it to anyone else, nor would I read a sequel and it doesn't make me want to pick up another Dietrich novel.
William Dietrich's Blood of the Reich will appeal to those who enjoy farfetched conspiracy stories and cartoonish Indiana Jones-style adventure (particularly the tomb-raiding, Nazi-battling kind), but its lack of strong characters and tendency to loose itself in its own topical tangents will likely put off most readers. Indeed, while it certainly requires a fair amount of patience, the book is not the lost cause that many paint it as.

Combining the popular narrative technique of shifting back and forth between time periods, BotR weaves together the interrelated journeys of Kurt Raeder, an ambitious Nazi anthropologist who leads a pre-war SS expedition in 1938 to Tibet in search of an ancient power; of Benjamin Hood, a spoiled anti-Indiana Jones museum curator, sent by the American government to thwart Raeder; and of Rominy Pickett, a modern-day young woman, who finds herself caught up in the legacy of the events of 1938.

To reiterate what many reviewers have said, the overall main character, Rominy, is your average American yuppie. She is sarcastically self-aware but very passive, and more or less just along for the ride. She herself laments this at various points in the book, but even her attempt to take the reins of her own destiny towards the end of the story lacks conviction. Perhaps if the book had continued past the ending (which sets up for a second book that may or may not ever be written), we would have seen more of this evolved Rominy, but no such luck for her character.

As for the other main narration charcters, Kurt Raeder, the sadistic but charismatic leader of the Nazi expedition to Tibet, made for an interesting villain despite his descent into "Wacky Occult Nazi Megalomaniac" territory towards the end. Raeder and his Nazi colleagues find evidence of "Aryan" superiority everywhere, and their self-importance and ardent dedication to their cause is believable and palpable. Raeder's own dogged determination to find a superpower sleeping in Tibet, his self-importance, and his deplorable sadistic streak make him a chilling but compelling character. Meanwhile, Hood is a playboy scholar who has inklings of seeking a life of greater meaning, but despite what he does and uncovers during his adventures, I never felt like he was a particularly compelling character. Like a more innocent version of Raeder, he was rather unlikable in general, but with no interesting aspects to make up for it.

As a whole, though, the supporting characters don't fare well; Jake seems to be a prop for the plot and Rominy's (lack of) character development, going from flat to unbelievably cartoonish after a certain plot revelation. Other incidental characters end up being either caricatures (the mannish aviatrix, the dogged government agent, etc) or just plain uninteresting. Sam MacKenzie was probably the most interesting of all, as a semi-self-assured drifter with a self-deprecating streak whose transformation from tour guide to action hero in the latter half of the book is more convincing than Rominy's entire character arc over the course of the book.

In terms of writing, while the author does paint a few beautiful settings and piques the reader's interest with exquisite details about various locations--from Himmler's medieval "SS Camelot" castle to ancient Tibetan ruins--the author often descends into excessive exposition. The worst of this comes in certain dialogue exchanges, where a characters--usually Jake or Raeder--will explain in detail the workings of, say, subatomic particle physics (yes, really) in the middle of a conversation. Very little of this contributes to the plot or the reader's understanding of it, with even Rominy lampooning Jake and Sam's tendencies to do this multiple times. Thus this book strikes me as a first draft that should have been pared down to perhaps 400 pages. I found myself outright skipping large parts that I knew I would not need to read in order to understand the advancing plot; sure enough, I was able to continue reading without having missed anything. This sort of excess just does not belong in a novel like this.

Overall, the plot advances far too slowly for the first 3/4 of the book, then after the long-awaited and unsatisfactory climax rushes to a conclusion in the end, which leaves me to believe that the book could have been pared down even more to produce a better-paced first half. The story ends with a clear indication that Rominy's adventures are just beginning. But while the adventures of Hood and Raeder in 1938 were fairly compelling, the modern part of the story is contrived and boring; the "ancient mystical power" that Hood and Raeder discover is corny enough without a plot element involving neo-Nazis weaving a grand conspiracy. The author would have been better off weaving a tale of good vs evil that lie solely in the pre-and inter-WW2 era than having the results take place over 60 years later. Alas, Dietrich chose to split the narrative, and result is a book that spends most of its time boring you. But for those who are interested in the subject matter, BotR might be worth a look.
Prepare yourself for grand adventure as William Dietrich deftly blends the fruits of a fertile imagination and well-researched historical facts into a tale so well-crafted that characters and images seem to jump from the page in wide-screen 3-D. I was only 12 pages into Blood of the Reich when I became apprehensive that this hypnotic thriller would eventually come to an end.

From the golden, autumnal splendor of present day Washington State's Skagit River Valley to the vivid color of prayer flags waving in contrast to the stark remoteness of Tibet, you'll be there, deeply involved, wanting more. Blood, a major player in this complex mystery, will be as red as the trees of the Pacific Northwest are green.

Then find yourself in 1938 when a Nazi expedition journeys to the high Himalayas to determine if there is any truth to a myth that hints of an ancient city located there that cradles a source of immense power--power which could accelerate their plan of world domination. Close on their heels are the Americans, bent on decoding the satanic plan. Both parties are armed and dangerous. However, the Nazis have the advantage a very old vial of blood.

In a saga that spans a turbulent seventy years of action, romance and intrigue, the historian-author maintains a high level of entertainment and page turning. Dietrich's narrative is as informative and amusing as it is boldly exciting. Be prepared to fully surrender your sense of reality to a high velocity ride that crashes head-on with a sensational blood splattered finale.

Blood of the Reich deftly blurs the line between science and the paranormal as it exposes the veins of a twisted relationship between the human race and our own, often terrifying, technologies. With his memorable characters, dichotomy of modern technology and ancient Buddhist Tibetan temples, along with non-stop action, and thrilling plot, Dietrich delivers.